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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Tanmay Kumar, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roy Scheuerlein, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pankaj Kalra, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jingyan Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tanmay Kumar, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roy Scheuerlein, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pankaj Kalra, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jingyan Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk 3D LLC, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of programming a nonvolatile memory cell. The nonvolatile memory cell includes a diode steering element in series with a carbon storage element The method includes providing a first voltage to the nonvolatile memory cell. The first voltage reverse biases the diode steering element. The carbon storage element sets to a lower resistivity state.